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iPhone Gmail App and Dark Mode
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I just checked and I also don’t have the option on my iPhone 11 Pro.
This article shows how to turn it on, but I don’t even have the theme option in settings despite being on a newer version of the app than the screenshot in the article.
This article shows how to turn it on, but I don’t even have the theme option in settings despite being on a newer version of the app than the screenshot in the article.
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I can't get the theme option in settings either yet on my pc I do have a dark theme in my gmail same account.
There's a jailbreak tweak for Gmail for "dark mode". Is there a chance the OP's iPhone 7 acquaintance was jailbroken?
The Gmail app is laughable in terms of feature support. I signed up for Google betas ages ago in the hope I’d get dark mode that way, but nope.
I use Outlook mostly, hats off to MS, proper iOS support, does everything you’d expect from an iOS app and does all the screen stuff on iPad. I have Gmail as a fall back though, Outlook seems to have a recurring bug related to sending attachments that’s never been resolved.
I use Outlook mostly, hats off to MS, proper iOS support, does everything you’d expect from an iOS app and does all the screen stuff on iPad. I have Gmail as a fall back though, Outlook seems to have a recurring bug related to sending attachments that’s never been resolved.
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Does Outlook have push support for Gmail accounts? I switched to using the Gmail app a few years ago when the default iOS mail app stopped supporting push for Gmail.
Yes I am using Outlook now since Apple is still buggy, and GMail keeps pulling their BS A/B/C.... versions and still don't have universal Dark Mode.
I'm also not seeing the themes in settings or any other way to turn on dark mode in the Gmail iOS app on my iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 13.3.1.
Google announced this feature in September and said it would be rolling out to users over the next month or two. Many have the feature now, but many don't. And there's been no word from Google in the last month to the effect of "we're still rolling out the feature".
It's super frustrating, since iOS Mail and Outlook and other apps have the feature.
Google announced this feature in September and said it would be rolling out to users over the next month or two. Many have the feature now, but many don't. And there's been no word from Google in the last month to the effect of "we're still rolling out the feature".
It's super frustrating, since iOS Mail and Outlook and other apps have the feature.
I gave up on it and switched to Spark mail app for my Gmail.
Following worked for me.
1. I switched off dark mode on my iPhone 11 Pro
2. Removed all my Email Accounts from Gmail App.
3. Force Quit the App.
4. Open Gmail App again and setup/sign in with the newest account.
5. Force Quit the App aagain.
6. Switch on the iOS Dark Mode
7. Open Gmail App and it worked for me.
1. I switched off dark mode on my iPhone 11 Pro
2. Removed all my Email Accounts from Gmail App.
3. Force Quit the App.
4. Open Gmail App again and setup/sign in with the newest account.
5. Force Quit the App aagain.
6. Switch on the iOS Dark Mode
7. Open Gmail App and it worked for me.
Got it to work. Followed the instructions from here: https://www.idropnews.com/how-to/st...t-heres-how-you-can-try-and-enable-it/127831/
Numerous users have reported success with switching accounts and getting dark mode enabled, and we’ve tested this ourselves and it works — again, provided you have access to an account that has already been enabled for dark mode. The trick is to make sure that the “dark mode” account is the only one enabled on your device when launching the app.
Numerous users have reported success with switching accounts and getting dark mode enabled, and we’ve tested this ourselves and it works — again, provided you have access to an account that has already been enabled for dark mode. The trick is to make sure that the “dark mode” account is the only one enabled on your device when launching the app.
- Open the Gmail app on your iPhone or iPad
- Tap on your picture in the top-right corner to bring up your list of accounts.
- Tap Manage accounts on this device.
- Switch off all of your accounts except for one.
- Tap Done.
- Force-quit the Gmail app.
- Wait about five seconds to make sure the app is fully closed.
- Enable Dark Mode on your iPhone or iPad if it’s not already.
- Launch the Gmail app.
Unfortunately didn’t work for me. I created a new account, added it to the gmail app, then followed the steps above and nothing.
That probably does have something to do with it. My account isn’t as old as yours, but I have had it for almost 10 years.